160 - OXXIIIc. MORACEZ (Hutchinson). [ Ficus. 
Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi, 247, partly, as to Mildbraed 
2416. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: near Nala, Seret, 801! Inyolo, Laurent, 
1060! Dyunia Valley, Gillet & Gentil, 2804! Kwa Muera, near Fort Beni, 
Mildbraed, 2416! 
93. F. craterostoma, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. 
xlvi. 247, partly. Ashrub or small tree ; branchlets slender, glabrous. 
Leaves obovate or triangular-obovate, truncate at the apex, shortly 
cuneate at the base, more or less rounded in the upper half, 13-23 in. 
long, 3-1} in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, glabrous: midrib 
prominent and straw-coloured below, divided about } in. below the 
apex ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, diverging 
from it at an angle of 45°, distinct on both surfaces, rather slender 
but prominent below, veins prominent ; petiole }-3 in. long, smooth ; 
stipules persistent or subpersistent. Receptacles axillary, sessile, 
subglobose, about 4 lin. in diam., glabrous. Basal bracts puberulous 
outside. Ostiole large and gaping, smooth ; bracts few, all descend- 
ing into the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers with a solitary stamen. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uluguru Mountains; Ruvu River, 
Stuhlmann, 8995! East Usambara; near Amani, Engler, 741! West Usam- 
bara ; Wugiri, Uhlig, 1510! 
94, F. rubropunctata, De Wild. in Fedde, Repert. xii. 199. 
Epiphyte ; branchlets slightly angular, glabrous. Leaves triangular- 
obovate, rounded-truncate at the apex, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. 
long, 14-2} in. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib nearly 
equally prominent on both surfaces, divided about 2 in. below the 
apex of the blade ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, 
diverging at an angle of about 45°, slightly recurved, looped near the 
margin, nearly equally prominent on both surfaces but slightly more 
so below; veins lax and prominent below; petiole 3-1 in. long, 
smooth; stipules caducous or subpersistent. Receptacles as 10 
F. pilosula but about 4 in. in diam. or slightly more and quite 
glabrous.—De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 226. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Laurent, 763 ! 
95. F. eriobotryoides, Kunth & Bouché, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 
1846, 14. A tree 20-30 ft. high or sometimes of huge size, with 
the leaves crowded at the ends of the branchlets ; young branchlets 
very thick, shaggy-villous with yellowish hairs. Leaves elongate- 
oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, narrowed to an obtuse 
base, 54-11 in. long, 2-4 in. broad, rigidly chartaceous, entire, glabrous 
above, the same below but when young shaggy on the midrib with 
long yellow hairs, which eventually fall away ; midrib flat or slightly 
impressed above, very prominent below, about 2 lin. broad at the base, 
gradually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 10-16 on each side of 
